Recommender algorithms controlled by unfriendly foreign powers threaten democracy and security. They artificially boost authoritarians and break society apart. They silence the rest of us.

1/Striking speech by Macron: The future of European democracy depends on taking back its digital information space. A remarkable turn from Silicon Valley as source of enlightenment to being a purveyor of slop. And the stakes aren't just ad revenue but the nation.
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Reason number 5728 to build up the European military industrial base

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Holocaust Memory in a Time of Genocide zeteo.com/p/holocaust-...

Believe it or not, the EU-US trade deal just got messier.

The White House has published a fact-sheet about the agreement with claims that directly contradict the European Commission's version of events.

Let's take a closer look.

"What we're seeing now is the most horrific stage of Israels starvation campaign... Israel has been using aid as a way to bait civilians & has been killing civilians who have been seeking aid..."

Michael Fakhri, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food

Trump is working on regime change in Europe
My latest for @euobserver.com

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The Guardian kritisoi pääkirjoituksessaan sitä, että Israel näännyttää Gazan väestöä.

Erikoista, että tämä on poikkeus. Media on ollut tämänkin aiheen suhteen oudon varovainen jo hyvin pitkään.

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In Gaza, meat, chicken and eggs have basically run out, due to Israel's blockade.

What a horrific form of collective punishment. www.ft.com/content/89cc...

This is such a clear-cut rebuke of those who think Trump "is a master of the media" or "can read the room like no one else". The guy is a one-shtick pony who is lucky to live in a country where "alternative facts" are a thing.

Hard agree: American Big Tech must be considered a threat to democracy at this point. As well as the US Government itself.

Part of the solution could be here: freeourfeeds.com

I have a lot of respect for The Economist despite our differences, and I'm sure the article will read more nuanced than this, but this tagline is messed up no matter how you slice it.

As a counterpoint, I recommend the newest season of Michael Lewis' podcast Against the Rules 1/2

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With the (maybe necessary) reminder that this piece is talking about the American administration during one of its "Dr. Jekyll" phases.